Research & Commentary - Education
James VonderHaar - August 26, 2009
The evidence is in: If your goal is efficiency and saving tax dollars, K-12 education voucher programs are an astounding success.Florida’s voucher ... (read more)
Karla Dial - April 14, 2009
In a marketplace, cash follows the consumer. Institutions that provide value to consumers flourish, and those that do not wither. But that’s not true ... (read more)
Brian Costin - March 11, 2009
Student achievement in Georgia is simply awful, and the state’s high school dropout rate puts it near dead-last in the country on this measure as ... (read more)
Matthew Glans - August 23, 2008
One of the great tragedies affecting higher education today is the overpricing of an education that carries less and less value. Reliance on government ... (read more)
Gregory Cooke - March 02, 2008
In the real world, cash follows the consumer, causing institutions of worth to flourish, and those not of worth to wither. That's not true in education. ... (read more)
Heartland Staff - October 15, 2007
Across the country, school is back in session. Will No Child Left Behind (NCLB) be re-enrolled?
NCLB was initiated in 2001 with bipartisan support and ... (read more)
The Heartland Institute staff - July 12, 2007
As an elected official, you know the level at which you perform your duties is the final point of judgment used in determining whether or not you keep your ... (read more)
compiled by Michael Van Winkle - June 28, 2007
New technologies are changing and improving many aspects of our daily lives, from our jobs to our health, our hobbies, and even how we stay in touch with ... (read more)
Heartland Staff - May 30, 2007
This collection of articles explores how special-needs vouchers are a better way of providing children with physical and mental disability the quality education ... (read more)
Heartland Institute Staff - May 16, 2007
Those concerned with reforming America’s public education system are compelled by three goals: parents want their children to receive a quality education, ... (read more)
WHAT'S NEWD. Aileen Dodd - November 06, 2009
Representatives of five would-be virtual charter schools will file into the administrative towers of the Georgia Department of Education today to pitch ... (read more)
Cindy Holden - November 05, 2009
SACRAMENTO /California Newswire/ — Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger issued the statement below after the California State Senate voted to pass SBX5 ... (read more)
Katie Redding - November 05, 2009
Even as charter school supporters swept the Douglas County School Board election Tuesday, charter school advocates were losing power in the Denver Public ... (read more)
Rich Hewitt - November 04, 2009
Maine voters have rejected a move to repeal the state’s school district consolidation law — and they did so in convincing fashion.With 87 percent ... (read more)
Scott Bauer - November 03, 2009
Wisconsin schools could use student test scores to evaluate teachers, but they still couldn't use the information to discipline or fire them under a bill ... (read more)
edited by Karla Dial - November 01, 2009
The November 2009 issue of School Reform News leads with news of an act of civil disobedience on behalf of the DC Opportunity Scholarship Program. School ... (read more)
Hal Young - November 02, 2009
The movement to allow greater access to educational alternatives and programs by expanding charter schools, providing tax credits for educational expenses, ... (read more)
Evelyn B. Stacey - November 01, 2009
School choice advocates have brought a lawsuit in North Carolina seeking funding equity in public education.The North Carolina Institute for Constitutional ... (read more)
Joy Pavelski - October 31, 2009
Milwaukee Mayor Tom Barrett wants to dispense with elections and appoint the city’s public school board and superintendent himself next year—a ... (read more)
Sarah McIntosh - October 30, 2009
Parents across Michigan want more options for their children’s education, according to a report issued by the Michigan Senate Fiscal Agency.“Explaining ... (read more)
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